CD Shorts

CD Shorts

Ry CumingRy Cuming(Jive) From the album opener “Some Kind of Love” to the closing meditation “Home” (featuring Maroon 5’s Jesse Carmichael on piano), Australian-born Cuming crafts an engaging debut. He combines cascading melodies with...
Behind the Beat: Acoustic Alchemy

Behind the Beat: Acoustic Alchemy

Magic. That’s how guitarist Joe Belmont and flutist Sarah Swersey describe the first time they made music together. The two musicians traveled far and wide and played countless shows with far-flung musicians before ultimately finding each other, right here in...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

Eilen JewellButcher Holler: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn(Signature Sounds) Loretta Lynn was the biggest star in country in the ’60s. Her glow faded by the time the 1980 biopic Coal Miner’s Daughter came out, but Jewell’s stunning tribute is sure to...
So Glad He Made It

So Glad He Made It

In So Glad I Made It: The Saga of Roger Salloom, America’s Best Unknown Songwriter, the documentary about his serpentine musical journey, there are a lot of scenes of Roger Salloom walking. These solitary sojourns are designed to represent the Northampton...

First Trip to a Sex Store?

You’ve never been to a sex toy store. Or, maybe you went into one when you turned 18, just because you could. You laughed at the toys, flipped through some dirty books and left. Or you went to one a while ago (just to see what it was like), but didn’t like...